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Internet scareware scammers settle with FTC for $100,000
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| Two defendants in a scareware scam case have settled with the FTC after
| showing that they had no means to pay the organization's previous $1.9
| million order. The scammers now only have to fork over their illegally
| obtained earnings—unless they somehow manage to find that extra money later,
| that is.
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http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/ftc-settles-with-scareware-scammers.ars
Scareware is usually Windows only.
Related:
- From vapourware to scareware, Microsoft keeps innovating
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| Microsoft talks a lot about innovation. It innovated the Xbox, several
| years after everyone else; it innovated the Zune, several years after
| everyone else; it innovated the GUI, several years after Apple (okay,
| and Xerox); it innovated Hotmail ... oh, alright, it bought Hotmail.
| Bill Gates famously missed the internet revolution and then innovated
| the web browser, several years after Netscape.
|
| [...]
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| In the meantime, though, the company that brought us vapourware has
| innovated yet another new product: scareware (oh, okay, a couple ofy
| ears after SCO).
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http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/D1173B1AE779A1A1CC2572E6000E30E6
Dodgy affiliates use malware to flog Symantec and Check Point
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| Unscrupulous affiliates are using malware to advertise security software from
| legitimate firms. The practice is the brainchild of people who make a
| commission for every sale they generate - and not security vendors
| themselves. The practice raises serious concerns about the integrity and
| policing of affiliate programs from big names in security including Symantec
| and Check Point.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/12/malware_punts_symantec_check_point/
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